27.05.2022

AMENDMENTS TO THE LABOR CODE HAVE BEEN APPROVED

The government has approved a bill to amend the Labor Code, which better guarantees the rights and interests of workers and employers by increasing employment security and creating better conditions for reconciling work and private life.

The changes create obligations for the employer to acquaint the employee with the internal rules for the salary, to provide information on the terms and conditions for termination of the employment contract, as well as on the organized trainings for maintaining and improving the professional qualification and improving the professional skills. staff. This guarantees the right of the employee to receive comprehensive information about their employment relationship, which is a prerequisite for greater job satisfaction, as well as to avoid labor disputes with the employer.

The individual right to leave for raising a child up to 8 years of age by the father (adoptive parent) with the right to monetary compensation from the state social insurance is regulated. The leave is up to 2 months and can be used by the father (adoptive parent) all at once or in parts until the child reaches the age of 8. When using it, the father (adoptive parent) will be entitled to compensation in the amount of BGN 710 per month from the state social insurance. This leave can be used when the father (adoptive parent) has not used transferred leave for pregnancy and childbirth, raising a child up to 2 years of age or when adopting a child up to 5 years of age from the mother (adoptive mother).

The use of this type of leave is a prerequisite for building a fuller relationship between the father (adoptive parent) and the child, as well as for increasing the opportunities for active participation in his upbringing. Its introduction will not lead to the withdrawal or reduction of the existing rights of mothers (adoptive mothers) related to maternity, adoption and childcare leave.

The amendments to the Labor Code also determine the cases in which the employee has the right to propose to the employer a change for a certain period of time and the distribution of working time, to switch to teleworking and other changes in the employment relationship to facilitate reconciling work and family responsibilities and / or providing more predictable working conditions. This right belongs to an employee who is a parent (adoptive parent) of a child under 8 years of age, as well as an employee who takes care of a parent, child, spouse, brother, sister and parent of the other spouse or other relatives line for medical or other valid reasons. The employer is obliged to give a motivated written answer whether he accepts the offer.